During December the Support Adoption for Pets held their Santa Paws appeal at all their Pets at Home stores.

All the staff at Middlesbrough store supported by a team from SARA asked customers to contribute 50p towards a Christmas dinner for animals in rescue centres. It was a tremendous effort and the support by customers was outstanding.

In the month £2,897 was raised. This was split between Support Adoption For Pets and SARA. This resulted in a cheque being presented to SARA for £1448.50. This will help SARA look after the animals.

The animals at SARA were given a Christmas dinner of chicken, beef and pork together with the trimmings. There was so much food that they had the same on Boxing Day. Our thanks go out to all the customers who kindly donated.

The little dog in the picture is Sam who was rescued 2 years ago with a deformed foot. After an appeal to raise funds to cover his treatment and 7 operations later he has finally been given the all clear and now he just needs physiotherapy and hydrotherapy to finish the job. In two weeks time he can run off lead for the first time since the treatment began.

Inspired by a dogs’ sensory garden at a national flower show SARA thought it would be a brilliant idea and be ideal for the dogs at our sanctuary.

A derelict piece of land has been transformed into a garden full of exciting zones for the dogs to roam freely, under supervision.

A central pebble path runs through a free flowing water spray and a grasses garden provides soft textures. There is a rockery, also a log area and an arbour providing shade for resting or grooming. Raised beds house a profusion of relaxing aromas with herbs to calm animals.

It is an exciting addition to the Sanctuary facilities and has been funded by friends and supporters of SARA.

A lovely afternoon was spent at SARA’s Carols at Foxrush with a large number of dogs bringing their owners for a sing song (and joining in). Refreshments were available including mulled wine. It rounded off another successful year of events. Thank you to all our supporters and helpers.

On Sunday 16th October 2016 SARA held its annual Twilight Stroll. They had a quiet stroll up the lane and back ending up at the memory garden to remember all those friends and animals that have passed.

Could you please collect Evening Gazette wish tokens for SARA. There are SARA boxes around the area to put them in and then we will collect them. The more tokens we collect the more money we get to help the animals. Thank You

SARA held its Open Day on the Saturday 10th September. It was well attended and events included a mini fun dog show, doggy games and a flyball display by local teams. Music was provided by Cleveland Ukes. We were supported on the day by staff from Sainsbury’s, Saltburn and the sea cadets. As usual there was a tempting display of food (especially cakes). The day was completed by the grand draw details of which will be on our facebook page shortly. Our thanks go to all who supported us.

On Saturday 2nd July SARA held its annual Fun Dog Show. It was very well attended with everyone having a good time despite some showers. Dogs of all sizes brought their owners along and were very well behaved (both). There was lots of home made food available and a variety of stalls. Everyone enjoyed the day.

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